1st steps!

Miles took his first solo steps! He has taken a step here and there but today (April 27th) he took 3 steps ina row!! I do'nt have video or pic of the event, but we were on FaceTime with my mom, so she got to see it :) So fun!

I will post pics/video when I get some...just wanted to document the day.

Easter Festvities 2011

We had tons of Easter frun this year! These pics are going to be a little bit out of order, because it's too annoying to try to fix it right now :)

Easter Sunday, the kids were soooo excited to see what the Easter bunny brought!

Then we got dressed and headed to church

After church and brunch, it was egg-hunting time at home. Caroline LOVED it :)

On Saturday before Easter, we had our neighborhood Egg Hunt. Caroline and her sweet friend Jack had a great time in the petting zoo.

Doing some pre-hunt stretching

and she's off!

Our attempt at a family pic

Our first taste of eg-hunting fo rthe year was at Caroline's school. Their egg hunt and picnic was a blast, too!

ready to get started...

in action...

Bluebonnets 2011

We had our annual bluebonnet session with Carly a few weeks ago. It was fun and as usual, she got great pics of the kiddos!

Caroline was OBSESSED with searching for ladybugs. They were everywhere!

She loves to hug her brother...around his neck...very tightly. This can be a bit of problem.
Ladybugs, ladybugs! Where are you?
Little bear

Fave of Caroline. She looks so grown up!



Fave of Miles. Hilarious expression.





Absolute favorite of all! Love :)

Paper Concierge!

I am venturing back into the working world...sort of ;)

I have always loved all things personalized and monogrammed. It's certainly a passion, if not OBSESSION, of mine. So, I figured I ought to channel this enthusiasm into something! So combine something I have always loved (personalized stuff) with something I never thought I would do (sales) and you get Paper Concierge.

You can go to my website, www.perickson.paperconcierge.com, and order all kinds of personalized products! Party invitations, stationery, stamps, labels, tote bags, cups, plates, place mats, even IPhone cases and jewelry...There really is a WIDE variety of fun stuff.

The stuff is really cute and I am so excited to be doing something that requires me to put my thinking cap on. I was beginning to think my mommy brain was turning to mush ;)

Hope you'll check it out! Happy Shopping!

Miles is 11 months!

Say it ain't so...our sweet baby boy is 11 months old! I am feeling kind of nostalgic about M's first birthday. It just doesn't seem possible that he could be so old :)

He is starting to "talk" more and more. He sounds more like he is actually saying something now. He especially loves to boss Caroline around, which will be interesting as soon as she can unerstand him ;)

When I get him up in the morning or after his naps, I always tell him to "put his paci in the bed" and he does. He pulls it right out, and drops it in the bed. Such a smart little guy :)

He has mastered "So Big" (Have a video, but can't get it work right now...will post it later)

He loves to sit in Caroline's chair. Acutally, he mostly loves to climb all over it and jump on it. There is very little sitting that happens at all!

He is starting to stand on his own more and more. He hasn't stood (from sitting, without pulling up on something) completely by himself yet, but he has gotten close.

Of course, he loves remotes and cell phones.

Here he is mid-stand...Can't remember if he was on his way up or on his way down ;) He loves to play peek a boo. Here he is hiding under his sister's dirty laundry...I know, I know, I am such a rock-star mom...
Especially when I let him drag said dirty laundry around in his mouth.

or when I let him chew on her shoes He just loves to put everything in his mouth. He has 8 teeth, and I am pretty sure he is working on a couple more. Super-drooly and chews on anything he can find. When he can't eat shoes or laundry, he actually prefers a tube of sunscreen, a hair pick (ghetto, I know), and the blue nasal aspirator...all of which I have been know to let him chew on and/or crawl around with hanging from his mouth...so safe, so sharp, and so sanitary. Feel free to nominate for parent of the year ;) Me and my bear at the park. When its really sunny out, he tends to have an uncharacteristly serious expression...

Mr. Serious goes swinging

Mr. Serious drives a car.

There's our happy boy!
I am almost positive he said "Dada" tonight. And that he acutally meant it, not just babbling. Yea for Miles! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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Family Fun Day!

We spent Saturday morning outside enjoying the beautiful weather. We took a 2 1/2 mile hike. It started out like this...

M is the backpack

C walking by herself.

It ended like this...

M in the backpack, and C on Daddy's shoulders.

In my defense, I didn't make Daddy do ALL the work...I took a (brief) turn carrying the backpack. Geez!?!? It's heavy!!

Caroline talked avsolutely NON STOP the entire way. She loved it. SHe talked about the trees, the rocks, the flowers, the butterflies, the dogs, etc, etc. Much to Daddy's dismay, she wanted to climb and jomp on every rock, root, and branch along the way :) She ended up on his shoulders, not because she was tired, but because she was slowing us down...ha ha!

After our hike, which took way longer than expected ;) we had a picnic by the lake. Caroline had been looking forward to going to "the park by the lake" all week!!

Daddy and his sweet little buddy looking for boats.

Caroline kept saying, "Its so much fun having a picnic by the lake!" So precious :)

It was a a great way to spend a Saturday!

I got 5 on it...

We celebrated our 5th anniversary on April Fool's Day! This totally feels like a milestone to me. Somehow 5 years of marriage makes it seem legit...ha ha :)

What a difference 5 years makes!

April 1, 2006: He wore a tux, I wore a beautiful gown, with full hair and make up. We celebrated in a ballroom with a wonderful evening of dinner, dancing, wine, and champagne with 350 of our friends and family. I have hundreds of pictures to commemorate the event, and it was a totally perfect night!

April 1, 2011: We both wore workout clothes and tennis shoes, and I had not even showered. We celebrated on a patio with a wonderful evening of dinner, drinks, and playing with the 2 most precious people in our lives. I have not one picture of the event, but it was still a perfect night!!

It may not be as glamorous 5 years later, but it's still fun!!! I am not going to lie and say we don't have those moments where we long for the freedom and ease of those days. But truly, I wouldn't trade our life now for anything. That doesn't mean things are perfect all the time, by any means, but we are so abundantly blessed. Happy Anniversary to my sweet hubby!

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Sing us a song, Piano Girl...

Caroline enjoyed dazzling us with her muscial prowess. She played a piano concert for my mom, alan, and my grandparents. Hilarious.

Some classics...

And a little original number...

After each song she would run to the rail to look downstairs at everyone. So, so funny!

Meeting Baby Ben!

Another highlight to our week in Dallas was arriving just in time to meet brand new sweet baby Ben! Benjamin Michael Vietti is the little brother to Caroline's BFF, Mattie. Of course, he and Miles will have to be BFF's now, too :)

I got 2 go visit and love on the little guy not once, but TWICE while I was in town. Such a treat indeed! I got to visit with Ginny, which was fun too ;)

Isn't he the most precious thing you have ever seen???? Such a sweet boy!

Caroline got to play with Mattie, which was super exciting. They were building "tall towers" and concentrating really hard, obviously...

Then, they would knock them down and laugh hysterically. Too cute. Love these 2 sweet girls!!!

Congratulations to the Viettis!! We love Baby Ben!!

Round and Round!

As if the zoo trip wasn't enough excitement for one day, we took the kids to ride carousel at the mall after naps :)

Despite being sick, Miles LOVED riding. He smiled and looked around the whole time. He also practiced waving to all of his admirers. What's up lovely ladies????

Of course, Caroline loved it, too :)

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